which piston rings?

[sclay115]

i'm going to be reringing my motor here shortly...and i need some help trying to figure out what rings i need to buy. they are p79 pistons in an l28 block...assuming they aren't overbored, but i haven't checked. but i'm assuming with the stock p79 pistons they should be a standard bore. i was looking in the VicBrit catalog and they list two different ring sets for the l28, should i opt for the earlier one or later? i'm trying to get all this right on the first shot, so i'm just trying to get all the info together, any help anyone could give me would be great. thanks

steve

[280~Master]

It depends on what type of ring you are getting. I have done a little research on rings for the z and found a couple of canidates. I am going with chrome moly ring just for the longer life they are supposed to have. Takes longer to seat but supposed to be better all around. You can go with regular iron rings. More cost effective plus iron takes less time to seat than moly rings do.

Then you have to think about the brand you are getting. I have been told buy my local Z mechanic that taylor makes a good set of rings. He said something about a brand that made the oil ring in 4 differt parts you had to put together. I can't remember what the name was but I'm sure it started with a D dinks or dink something like that. From person experience when it comes to the inside of my engines I like to get things that are going to work the first time. Just make sure you are getting a well known brand that is proven to work correctly. Your machine shop should be able to help out with advice also.

John

[sclay115]

so but it's safe to say that with the p79 pistons i should just get the standard bore rings? that's really what i'm trying to figure out. and were the p79 slugs something that came factory in any Z?

steve